Halloween - Unrated Director's Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Halloween - Unrated Director's Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Don't mess with a classic.
Summary: 2 Stars
Halloween directed and written and directed by Rob Zombie (of all people!) is a terrible remake of the 1978 classic. It's a new take on Halloween, the characters have more of a back story and jeez there's a lot of blood and nudity in this one, this film doesn't work at all. The dialogue is cheesy and lame as hell, Zombie isn't a literary god not even a little. The acting is embarrassing, I can't believe Zombie couldn't find any decent actors and of course he put his real-life wife in this as Michael Myers mother, she plays a stripper! Thank god I have the original to fall back on, this remake was a complete waste of time!Movie Review: a remake worth watching
Summary: 4 Stars
While everyone else claims that *Friday the 13th* or *Nightmare on Elm Street* is their favorite horror series, mine is *Halloween*. My favorite is Part II where Michael is trying to kill his sister at the hospital. Throw in Jamie Lee Curtis, I'm sold!
But I digress.
I have to admit that while I've watched Rob Zombie's other movies, none of them have been remarkable for me. However, this remake of Halloween has certainly gotten my attention.
What I love about this remake is that there are background information added to the story. For example, how Michael came to be this "immortal" serial killer. Rob Zombie takes us back to Michael's childhood. It seems that Michael has always been a bad seed, limiting his evil deeds with just mutilating animals. The monster in him emerges when he reaches a breaking point with his classmates bullying him, his mother always working, the mother's boyfriend constantly picking on him, and his older sister neglecting him for her boyfriend. Only his innocent baby sister escapes his rage.
Years later, we see Michael breaking out of an asylum. What's freaky is that Michael is this huge guy, about 6'8". Michael makes those WWF guys look like sissies. So, can you imagine facing a serial killer with that kind of build? That's enough to scare the nine lives outta you. (I know, I know...we're not cats.)
Anyways, if you've seen the original in regards to Michael's return to Haddonfield, you'll start to connect the missing pieces that Rob Zombie presents with what you can remember (from John Carpenter's film). From that point on, the movie becomes entertaining and scary.
Movie Review: ROB ZOMBIE, OPUS 3
Summary: 5 Stars
****1/2 2007. Written and directed by Rob Zombie. Remake of the first HALLOWEEN movie directed by John Carpenter in 1976. The film is really a very good surprise and has a life of its own. The dysfunction of the Myers family and the symbolic relation between Michael and the mask figure are an undeniable contribution to the HALLOWEEN myth. Congratulations, Mr. Zombie ! A DVD for your library.Movie Review: REMAKE NOT NEEDED
Summary: 1 Stars
This is pure garbage next to the original Carpenter classic , the script sucks, the acting is horrible , if Rob Zombie wants to make a name for himself in film he needs to stop messing up classics and stick to creating his own films , the original will go down in history as being a timeless classic , this one will also go down in history for being 100% pure garbage and a waste of time.Movie Review: COOL REMAKE, NO COPYCAT
Summary: 5 Stars
Let's be honest.Whenever Hollywood announces a Remake all devoted fans of any genre gets upset.When I learned that ROB ZOMBIE was going to film my favourite Horror Flick I was shocked.But I got curious and saw it.For me I was blown away by this film.Zombie constructed a complete different Film,yeah some scenes got reiussed,but he did it with charm and toughness.HALLOWEEN UNRATED is a splendid movie full of nasty scene and shocking pictures when you put the ORIGINAL aside and get involved.Forget all the sequels.This disc is worth every penny and listen to the music too.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.